Wednesday, December 31, 2008

New Years Resolutions

It appears that I inadvertently participated in The Spin Cycle which is hosted by the one and only Sprites Keeper. Maybe I will resolve to keep participating!

I don't usually make resolutions on New Years, but this year I have noticed somethings I really need to improve upon. Some of these things are just minor adjustments that need to be made, others are long term goals that I would like to achieve. All of them are fairly important.

1. When disciplining the girls, yell less, timeout more. Yes, I am a yeller, but I have found that it does me not a lick of good. I could yell till I am blue in the face, but they don't hear me. Timeout actually gets their attention and works when I apply it properly.2. Work more actively to potty train KiKi and have her potty trained in 6 months. She is 2 and a half now, time to really get to work.3. Loose 20 or so pounds. Between the move and daily life I have let myself go. I need to focus more on what I am eating and exercise more.4. Start my work around the house earlier in the day. For some reason around here it takes a lot longer to get the same housework done. Laundry takes twice the time.5. Be more frugal and cost conscious. In these tough economic times I am going to have to make my buck/pounds stretch further than before. This means, cutting off lights we aren't using, making menus for the weeks meals to avoid wasting money at the commissary, and making tougher decisions between wants and needs.

Well folks, this is my list of resolutions. Nothing groundbreaking, just little things that I feel will make life here at the bungalow run a little more smoothly. What kinds of resolutions did you make for 2009?

My main one is to get more organized. Since I'm moving to England in eight months (too) I've got a million things to get done. I will also try to yell less, but I can't promise anything on that front. ;-)

I don't do resolutions. But yours seem like good life goals. And yelling doesn't do any good. I know that I tuned out my mom when she yelled as a kid. And when I do the same to my own daughter I can just see her tuning me out. It's like hearing the adults on Charlie Brown!

A lot of those are my resolutions, too! In fact, we're taking a financial class later this month, which I think is going to be really good for us, but it's also probably going to be a huge shock to our system, too! However, I'm ready to have money left over in the + column at the end of each month!